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• Planning Applications: April to September 2011 (England)

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Summary

The latest national statistics on Planning Applications were released under the auspices of the UK Statistics Authority on 3 February 2011.

In the period April to June 2011 authorities undertaking district level planning in England:

• received 120,600 applications for planning permission;
• decided 109,200 planning applications;
• and granted 89,000 permissions.

In the period July to September 2011 district level planning authorities:

• received 121,300 applications for planning permission, a decrease of 4 per cent compared with the corresponding quarter in 2010;
• decided 116,100 planning applications, 3 per cent lower than in the same quarter in the previous year;
• and granted 94,200 permissions, down 3 per cent on the same quarter in 2010.

In the year ending September 2011, district level planning authorities:

• received 471,900 applications, a decrease of 2 per cent on the year ending September 2010 figure;
• decided 432,300 planning applications, a slight decrease on the figure of 433,800 decisions in the year ending September 2010;
• granted 350,700 permissions, a slight increase on the figure of 349,700 permissions granted in the year to September 2010;
• decided 62 per cent of major applications in 13 weeks, 72 per cent of minor and 84 per cent of others in 8 weeks. This compares to 70 per cent for majors, 77 per cent for minors and 87 per cent for others in the year ending September 2010.

The full set of Statistics of Planning Applications Live Tables are available at Live Tables on Development Control Statistics.

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• Planning Applications: April to September 2011 (England)
  PDF, 138 kb , 11 pages
• Planning Applications: April to September 2011 (England)
  MS Word, 260 kb , 11 pages
• Table P120: District planning authorities - Planning applications received and decided
  MS Excel, 34 kb
• Table P121: District Planning authorities - Planning decisions by Region, type of authority and speed of decision
  MS Excel, 23 kb
• Table P122: District planning authorities - Planning decisions by Region, type of authority and speed of decision
  MS Excel, 23 kb
• Table P123: District planning authorities - Planning decisions by speed, performance agreements and type of development
  MS Excel, 39 kb
• Table P124: District planning authorities - Planning decisions by speed, performance agreements and type of development
  MS Excel, 39 kb
• Table P125: District planning authorities - Major planning decisions by speed, performance agreements and type of development
  MS Excel, 35 kb
• Table P126: District planning authorities - Major planning decisions by speed, performance agreements and type of development
  MS Excel, 27 kb
• Table P127: District planning authorities - Enforcement action
  MS Excel, 31 kb
• Table P128: District planning authorities - Regulation 3 and 4 consents granted and applications for determination
  MS Excel, 30 kb
• Table P129: District planning authorities - Enforcement action by authority
  MS Excel, 88 kb
• Table P130: District planning authorities - Enforcement action by authority
  MS Excel, 84 kb
• Table P131: District planning authorities - Planning decisions, by development type, speed of decision and authority
  MS Excel, 142 kb
• Table P132: District planning authorities - Planning decisions, by development type, speed of decision and authority
  MS Excel, 131 kb
• Table P133: District planning authorities - Applications received, decided, granted and delegated, environmental statements received and flow of applications by authority
  MS Excel, 94 kb
• Table P134: District planning authorities - Applications received, decided, granted and delegated, environmental statements received and flow of applications by authority
  MS Excel, 79 kb
• Table P135: District planning authorities - Planning decisions on Major and Minor residential development by authority
  MS Excel, 87 kb
• Table P136: District planning authorities - Planning decisions on Major and Minor residential development by authority
  MS Excel, 93 kb
• Table P137: District planning authorities - Planning decisions on Major and Minor Gypsy and Traveller Pitches by authority
  MS Excel, 100 kb
• Table P138: District planning authorities - Planning decisions on Major and Minor Gypsy and Traveller Pitches by authority
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• Pre-release Access list: Planning Applications
  PDF, 18 kb , 1 pages

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